unprotestingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈtɛstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈtɛstɪŋ/ That makes no protest; characterized by a lack of protest; compliant, acquiescent.
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the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > [adjective]
acquiescing1653
complacential1658
acquiescent1753
unprotesting1792
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant
ablec1384
obedientc1400
supplec1405
accordinga1425
plianta1425
serviablea1425
appliable1449
bowablec1449
applicant?c1500
pliablea1513
applying?1529
flexible?1531
maniablea1604
correspondenta1616
compliable1641
compliant1642
complaisant1647
flexile1651
complacential1658
complying1668
commode1674
complaisential1689
applicable1702
complacent1790
unprotesting1792
1792 H. Hunter Sacred Biogr. VI. viii. 185 How much more emphatical the silent, unprotesting reply of Orpah and Ruth!
1885 Athenæum 24 Oct. 533 His life was an unprotesting protest against convention.
1925 M. Brady in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 (1926) 125 She bore down on the unprotesting Chetwynd and plucked him from his seat.
2001 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 27 May 10 They want a supine, unprotesting, deferential electorate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1792